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Entegris, Inc. NASDAQ: ENTG is a major provider of products and systems that purify, protect, and transport critical materials used in the semiconductor device fabrication process. The company seeks to help manufacturers increase their yields by improving contamination control in several key processes, including photolithography, wet etching & cleaning, chemical-mechanical planarization, thin-film deposition, bulk chemical processing, wafer and reticle handling and shipping, and testing, assembly and packaging. Approximately 75% of the Company's products are used in the semiconductor industry. In recent years, contamination control has become increasingly more difficult as semiconductor manufacturers drive their sub-45nm technology applications.[1] At the same time these manufacturers are experiencing incredible pressure to increase productivity in the fab and stay cost competitive. As a result, companies are making the move to invest in technology that increases yields by minimizing product defects caused by contamination.
[edit] ProductsEntegris products include: wafer carriers and shippers that protect the semiconductor wafer from contamination and breakage; filtration products that purify process gases and fluids, as well as the ambient environment; liquid systems and components that dispense, control, or transport process fluids; and shippers and trays for protecting and transporting disk drive components. [edit] HistoryThe company was incorporated in 1999 as the combined entity of Fluoroware, Inc., which began operating in 1966, and EMPAK, Inc. The company went public in 2000. In August 2005, Entegris merged with Mykrolis Corporation, a publicly held supplier of filtration products to the semiconductor industry. Mykrolis was spun-out of Millipore Corporation in 2000. In August 2008, The Company acquired Poco Graphite, Inc., a supplier of specialized graphite and silicon carbide products for use in semiconductor, EDM, glass bottling, biomedical, aerospace, and alternative energy applications. Entegris operates out of its headquarters in Chaska, Minn. The company has nearly 2,800 employees in manufacturing, service centers and research facilities in the United States, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, China, Korea, Japan, Israel, India, Germany and France. [edit] ReferencesLi1, S., Shih, S., Yen, S., Yang, J.: "Case Study of Microcontamination Control." Aerosol and Air Quality Research, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 432-442, 2007 [edit] External links
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